Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 185 (May)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Ferris J

Representation Hedley Marten (instructed by Arnold Rosen) for the claimant.
  The defendant did not appear and was not represented.
Judgment Dates: 15 May 2001

Catchwords

Bankruptcy - Discharge - Effect of discharge - Meaning of 'fraud' - Whether undue influence within the meaning of fraud - .

The Case

On its true construction the word 'fraud' in of the Insolvency Act 1986 meant actual fraud. Undue influence was not within the meaning of 'fraud' for the purposes of subsection (3).

Practice Areas

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